{"id":1459537,"date":"2022-05-01T13:14:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T17:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1459537"},"modified":"2022-05-01T13:14:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T17:14:47","slug":"elon-musk-delivers-6-word-response-after-william-shatner-asks-to-be-twitters-new-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-delivers-6-word-response-after-william-shatner-asks-to-be-twitters-new-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Delivers 6-Word Response After William Shatner Asks To Be Twitter\u2019s New \u2018Face\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-delivers-6-word-response-after-william-shatner-asks-to-be-twitters-new-face%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1459537&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1238367031.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk responded Saturday to a request from legendary \u201cStar Trek\u201d actor William Shatner \u2014 who wanted to know whether he might have a chance at becoming the new \u201cface\u201d of Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Shatner <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/dump-the-bird-william-shatner-says-elon-musk-is-adorbs-claims-he-wants-to-be-twitters-new-face\/\">jumped into the conversation<\/a> after a number of celebrities and left-leaning pundits complained about Musk\u2019s deal to purchase the social media platform \u2014 initially to reassure his fans and followers that he had no intention of fleeing Twitter as some others had threatened to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBTW, since it seems to be the latest \u2018thing\u2019 on here. I\u2019m stating that I\u2019m staying on Twitter,\u201d Shatner tweeted. \u201cBesides I think @elonmusk\u00a0is adorbs. Also, full disclosure: I\u2019m trying to pitch Elon to hire me as face of Twitter. #Dumpthebird.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s six-word reply to the Captain Kirk actor was simple: \u201cYou will always be my Captain.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You will always be my Captain<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1520192322511724544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some, like author Eric Michael Garcia (\u201cWe\u2019re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation\u201d) criticized Musk because of Shatner\u2019s outspoken support for Autism Speaks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis here, is what we call #ActuallyAutistic hell,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricMGarcia\/status\/1520431210178228228\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But a number were quick to jump on board with the fictional captain.Dr. Sebastian Gorka tweeted, \u201cI\u2019m with Capt. Kirk. #DumptheBird.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Warpcore founder Sahil Mohan Gupta noted that adopting the intentionally apolitical Shatner as Twitter\u2019s new face might actually fall right in line with Musk\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/what-does-elon-musk-buying-twitter-really-mean\/\">stated goal<\/a> of neutrality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaptain Kirk as the face of Twitter will be the ultimate Kobayashi Maru for the extreme right and the extreme left, hence will abide by the @elonmusk\u00a0maxim of irritating them equally hence being truly neutral as a social media platform,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Musk said that his vision for Twitter was an arena where speech was truly free. He said he planned to achieve that vision by not reaching beyond the law \u2014 and by extension, beyond the voters\u2019 wishes \u2014 to place limits on speech. He also advocated for the implementation of rules that annoyed the extremes on both the left and the right equally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy \u2018free speech,\u2019 I simply mean that which matches the law. I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law. If people want less free speech, they will ask government to pass laws to that effect. Therefore, going beyond the law is contrary to the will of the people,\u201d Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1519036983137509376\">tweeted<\/a> earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Twitter to deserve public trust, it must be politically neutral, which effectively means upsetting the far right and the far left equally,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1519415674111672325\">added<\/a> a day later.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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